Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2016-6185

Disclosure Date: August 02, 2016
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Description

The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.8 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • fedoraproject,
  • oracle,
  • perl

Products

  • debian linux 8.0,
  • fedora 22,
  • fedora 23,
  • fedora 24,
  • perl,
  • solaris 10,
  • solaris 11.3,
  • ubuntu linux 12.04,
  • ubuntu linux 14.04,
  • ubuntu linux 16.04,
  • ubuntu linux 17.10

Additional Info

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